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Among teens who reported suicidal thoughts, 6% of American Instagram users traced the desire to kill themselves to Instagram according to files from Facebooks internal message board, Feb. 10.

Collegiate Health: social media and mental health

Samuel Koone, Managing Editor February 11, 2022

Social media is present seemingly everywhere and Midwestern State is no exception. Student organizations post updates on Instagram, MSU posts campus updates on Facebook and Twitter and future graduates...

Caitlyn Cremeens, digital manager and DesignWorks Group, discusses how she uses Facebook Live with her clients at the third MSU Texas Social Media Day, Oct. 1, 2018.

Alumna speaks on importance of Facebook Live

Jason Wilson, Reporter October 5, 2018

Caitlyn Cremeens, digital manager at DesignWorks and 2015 graduate, taught a session about the uses of Facebook Live within the professional world for Social Media Day at 1 p.m. Oct. 1 in the Legacy Multipurpose...

Be skeptical of social media sites

Markell Braxton-Johnson, Columnist April 17, 2018

Here’s a hard reality we all must accept: Our favorite social media platforms–from Snapchat to LinkedIn–don’t care about our personal data. And by “don’t care,” I mean they only care insofar...

A.J. Lopez moderated the late-afternoon panel for local business leaders incluing Sam Pak, Benjamin Remmert and Logan Draper. About 20 people attended. Photo by Bradley Wilson

Business leaders spend time discussing role of social media

Tyler Manning October 2, 2017

Fifteen representatives. More than 10 organizations. Three news stations. One community. One goal: to discuss how individuals and businesses could effectively use social media. Representatives from...

University social media coordinator A.J. Lopez gives a presentation on Snapchat on Social Media Day, Oct. 24. Photo by Dewey Cooper

Social media connects students to campus

Cortney Wood May 11, 2017

With more than 6,000 student on the campus, administration alongside student organizations work to get information out to students through emails, web word alerts and D2L notifications, but for students...

Topher McGehee

Student pretends to be gay for ‘social experiment’

Kelsey Purcell September 28, 2016

Christopher “Topher” McGehee, mass communication sophomore, conducted a social experiment to get reactions for an essay he wrote for his academic research and writing class. McGehee posted a video...

Social media: beyond the dark side

Thomas Goad April 7, 2016

With literally hundreds of outlets — from Twitter to Facebook to YouTube to Instagram college students and officials have found social media as a new way to broadcast, advertise and connect.However,...

Kara McIntyre, mass communication junior

Build a positive social media presence

Kara McIntyre April 6, 2016

When I first started using Twitter six years ago, I never imagined that it would influence the world as much as it has. I never imagined that for any social media network, really. I figured it would...

A.J. Lopez III, social media coordinator for student affairs and enrollment management, talks about his normal day-to-day activities as his role as Social Media Coordinator in an interview with a Wichitan reporter. Photo by Rachel Johnson

Coordinator: ‘We try to be ahead of everything’

Kara McIntyre April 6, 2016

About the jobWhat does your job entail?"We monitor all of the social medias and everything on campus. We try to be ahead of everything and educate the students, faculty, and staff on social media in general...

Conner Wolf, mass communication junior

Closed-minded voters vilify variety

conner wolf March 14, 2016

With the presidential election less than eight months away, it is hard to have a conversation with someone without it eventually shifting towards politics. This is a topic I enjoy hearing about, but often...

Students react to shooting threat

Samantha Forester February 10, 2014

Students react to shooting threat from MWSU Campus Watch on Vimeo. Students had mixed feelings about the way different departments at the university handled the shooting threat made against the...

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